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THE  LAWS  OF  PROSCRIPTION  IN  FRANCE. 

Ferdinand  BruntiIrb,  Editor  of  Dens  Monies. 

THE  HOLY  SHROUD.  Joseph  Beaux,  SJ. 

THE  ATTITUDE  OF  MODERN  PROTESTANTS  TOWARDS  THE 
VIRGINITY  OF  OUR  BLESSED  LADY.  A.  J.  Maa«,  S.J. 

11.  GALILEO  GALILEI  LINCEO. 

THE  RELIGIOUS  CONFLICT  IN  FRANCE. 

14,  17,  18.  THE  REAL  ST.  FRANCIS  OF  ASSISI. 

Fx.  Paschal  Robinsox,  O.F.M. 

THE  END  JUSTIFIES  THE  MEANS. 

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Nos.  8,  4.  STATISTICS  OF  THE  LEADING  RELIGIOUS  DENOMINA¬ 
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Nos.  8,  8.  THE  RELIGIOUS  CRISIS  IN  FRANCE.  A.  de  Mux. 

No.  14.  THE  CONCORDAT  OF  1901.  D.  M.  O’Connor. 

No.  15.  SUAREZ  AND  &EGICIDE. 

Nos.  17,  18.  THE  VATICAN  WHITE  BOOK. 

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Michael  J.  A.  McCaffery,  LL.D. 

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Edward  King,  in  the  Month. 

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Never  before  to  a  living  prelate  of  any  church  has 
there  been  given  in  this  country  a  civic  demonstration 
such  as  that  which  Baltimore  witnessed  on  June  6,  in 
honor  of  James,  Cardinal  Gibbons,  primate  of  the  Cath¬ 
olic  Church  in  America.  The  celebration  was  in  honor 
of  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  priesthood,  and  the 
twenty-fifth  of  his  cardinalate.  In  the  centre  of  a  plat¬ 
form  at  the  Fifth  Regiment  Armory  sat  the  Cardinal, 
full  of  vigor,  wearing  the  scarlet  robes  of  a  prince  of  the 
Catholic  Church.  At  his  right  was  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  at  his  left  the  Vice-President.  A  few  feet 
away  was  the  only  living  ex-President  of  the  nation; 
almost  within  reach  of  the  hand  were  the  Chief  Justice 
of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  the  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  an  ex-Speaker,  the  Ambas¬ 
sador  of  Great  Britain,  the  Governor  of  Maryland  and 
the  Mayor  of  Baltimore.  Behind  rose  tier  after  tier  of 
seats  filled  with  Cabinet  officers,  United  States  Senators, 
Congressmen,  public  officers  and  men  of  prominence  in 
professional  and  commercial  life.  In  front,  filling  the 
great  hall  and  crowding  the  galleries,  were  close  to  25,000 
fellow  citizens,  nearly  all  of  them  standing.  The  gather¬ 
ing  was  the  largest  and  the  most  notable  that  had  ever 
assembled  under  one  roof  in  the  city  of  Baltimore.  Ad¬ 
dresses  were  made  by  President  Taft,  Vice-President 
Sherman,  former  President  Roosevelt,  Senator  Elihu 
Root  of  New  York,  Mr.  James  Bryce,  the  British  Am¬ 
bassador,  Speaker  Clark,  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 

185 


186  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


former  Speaker  Cannon,  Mayor  Preston  of  Baltimore, 
and  His  Eminence,  the  Cardinal.  Governor  Crothers,  of 
Maryland,  was  the  presiding  officer.  Chief  Justice 
White,  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  made  a  trip 
from  New  Orleans  in  order  to  attend  the  exercises.  He 
did  not  speak,  as  it  is  not  customary  for  the  Chief 
Justice  to  address  public  meetings.  A  large  number/ of 
clergymen,  representing  every  denomination  in  the  city, 
were  present,  occupying  a  gallery  specially  reserved  for 
them  and  filling  it  completely.  No  untoward  incident 
occurred  to  interfere  with  the  perfect  success  of  the 
demonstration. 

Cardinal  Gibbons  was  born  in  Baltimore,  July  13, 
1834;  his  ordination  to  the  priesthood  took  place  on 
June  7,  1886.  The  ecclesiastical  celebration  of  these 
two  events  will  be  held  later  in  the  season.  In  the 
preparation  for  the  civic  demonstration  religious  lines 
were  entirely  effaced.  John  G.  Murray,  Bishop  of  the 
Episcopal  Church  of  Maryland,  acted  as  chairman  of 
the  reception  committee.  Rabbi  William  Rosenau 
headed  the  testimonial  committee.  The  Rev.  J.  Ross 
Stevenson  represented  the  Presbyterians  on  the  State 
committee. 

President  Taft’s  Tribute 

The  President’s  speech  at  the  armory  was  as  follows: 
" Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

“This  assembly,  I  venture  to  say,  can  find  few  counter¬ 
parts  in  history.  We  are  met  as  American  citizens  to 
congratulate  the  American  primate  of  one  of  the  great 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  187 


churches  of  the  world  upon  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary 
of  his  accession  to  the  highest  office  in  his  church  but 
one,  and  upon  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  his  entering 
the  church  as  one  of  its  priests. 

“We  are  not  here  as  members  of  any  denomination. 
We  are  not  here  in  any  official  capacity,  but  we  are  here 
to  recognize  and  honor  in  him  his  high  virtues  as  a  patri¬ 
otic  member  of  our  political  community  and  one  who, 
through  his  long  and  useful  life,  has  spared  no  efforts 
in  the  cause  of  good  citizenship  and  the  uplifting  of  his 
fellow-men. 

“As  American  citizens  we  are  proud  that  his  promi¬ 
nence  in  the  church  brought  him  twenty-five  years  ago 
the  rank  of  cardinal.  The  rarity  with  which  this  rank 
is  conferred  in  his  church  upon  bishops  and  priests  so 
far  from  Rome  is  an  indication  of  the  position  which  he 
had  won  among  his  fellow-churchmen.  But  what  we 
are  especially  delighted  to  see  confirmed  in  him  and  his 
life  is  the  entire  consistency  which  he  has  demonstrated 
between  earnest  and  single-minded  patriotism  and  love 
of  country  on  the  one  hand  and  sincere  devotion  to  his 
church  upon  the  other. 

“One  of  the  tenets  of  his  church  is  respect  for  consti¬ 
tuted  authority,  and  always  have  we  found  him  on  the 
side  of  law  and  order,  always  in  favor  of  peace  and 
good  will  to  all  men,  always  in  favor  of  religious  toler¬ 
ance,  and  always  strong  in  the  conviction  that  complete 
freedom  in  the  matter  of  religion  is  the  best  condition 
under  which  churches  may  thrive.  With  pardonable 
pride  he  points  to  the  fact  that  Maryland  under  Catholic 
control  was  among  the  first  to  give  complete  religious 
toleration. 


188  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


“Nothing  could  more  clearly  show  the  character  of  the 
man  whose  jubilee  we  celebrate  than  the  living  testi¬ 
monial  that  this  assembly  is  to  his  value  as  a  neighbor 
in  the  community  of  Baltimore.  If  you  would  find  what 
a  man  is,  go  to  his  home  and  his  neighbors,  and  there,  if 
everything  that  he  does  and  says  rings  true  and  shows 
his  heart-whole  interest  in  the  welfare  of  men  and 
women  and  children  near  about  him,  you  have  the  strong¬ 
est  proof  of  his  virtues  as  a  lover  of  mankind. 

“Born  in  Baltimore,  educated  in  Ireland,  made  a  priest 
in  Maryland,  a  curate  in  North  Carolina,  a  bishop  in 
Richmond,  a  coadjutor  in  Baltimore,  Archbishop  of  Bal¬ 
timore  and  successor  of  Archbishop  Carroll  and  Arch¬ 
bishop  Kenrick  in  the  primatial  see  of  this  country,  he 
was  called  to  the  high  position  of  Cardinal  June  7,  1886, 
by  Leo  XIII. 

“In  spite  of  the  burden  and  responsibilities  of  his  high 
position  in  the  church,  he  has  taken  part  in  the  many 
great  movements  for  the  betterment  of  mankind,  and  has 
shown  himself  not  only  a  good  Catholic  in  the  church 
sense,  but  he  has  been  broadly  catholic  in  the  secular 
sense  of  that  word,  so  that  the  affection  felt  for  him  by 
his  co-religionists  has  spread  to  all  denominations  and 
to  all  the  people  who  are  quick  to  percefve  a  disinterested 
friend. 

“That  he  may  long  continue  active  in  his  present  high 
position,  that  he  may  long  continue  in  secular  movements 
to  take  the  prominent  place  he  has  always  had  in  works 
of  usefulness,  is  the  fervent  prayer  of  Catholic  and  Prot¬ 
estant,  of  Jew  and  Christian/’ 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  189 


Vice-President  Sherman  on  Behalf  of  the  Senate 

Vice-President  Janies  S.  Sherman  in  his  address  said : 

“ Governor ,  Your  Eminence,  Mr.  President  and  Mr.  For¬ 
mer  President,  Lawmakers,  Ambassadors  and  Citi¬ 
zens: 

*T  am  here  to  speak,  as  its  presiding  officer,  for  the 
greatest  legislative  body  in  the  world.  Speaking  for 
them,  your  Eminence,  I  felicitate  you  upon  this  day  and 
this  occasion,  and  offer  to  you  our  loving  respect  and  our 
heartfelt  good  will. 

“It  seems  to  me  fitting  that  I,  as  the  second  highest 
officer  under  the  Government  to  which,  sir,  for  a  long 
time  you  have  rendered  civic  allegiance,  should  speak  to 
you,  who  are  the  second  highest  officer  in  that  church 
which  your  sanctified  life  has  ennobled  in  the  minds 
of  all  men.  It  is  a  matter  of  congratulation  from  us  all  to 
you  that  now  you  bear  the  weight  of  nearly  four-score 
years,  testifying  by  your  hale  and  painless  body  to  the 
life  of  morality  and  Christianity  which  you  have  lived; 
the  sanctity  of  your  life,  sir,  has  that  brilliant  glow  that 
predicts  a  beautiful  day  upon  the  morrow,  that  endless 
day,  sir,  we  love  to  know  shall  be  yours  when  your  eve¬ 
ning  shades  are  drawn,  and  may  that  time  be  far  distant. 

“We  love  to  know  that  while  you  walk  the  Elysian 
fields  beyond  the  river,  your  companions  there  will  be 
increased  and  multiplied  because  of  the  example  of  your 
pure,  your  lofty  life,  because  of  the  example  you  have 
set  to  all  men,  the  lowly  citizen,  the  Christian,  the  man 
whose  life  has  been  sanctified  and  given  to  the  better 
things  of  the  world  beyond. ” 


190  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


Ex-President  Roosevelt — The  Cardinal's  Life  a 

Model 

The  Hon.  Theodore  Roosevelt  spoke  as  follows : 

“Your  Eminence,  Governor,  Mr.  President,  and  You 
Men  and  Women  of  Maryland: 

“My  fellow  Americans,  it  is  indeed  a  pleasure  to  be 
here  this  afternoon.  And,  Governor,  not  only  is  this 
gathering  characteristic  of  Maryland,  but  it  is  character¬ 
istic  of  our  great  Union,  it  is  characteristic  of  America, 
because  here  in  this  republic,  with  all  of  our  faults  and 
shortcomings — and  we  have  plenty — it  is  nevertheless 
true  that  we  have  come  nearer  than  any  other  nation 
to  solving  the  difficult  problem  of  combining  complete 
religious  liberty  and  toleration  with  a  devoutly  religious 
feeling  in  the  people  as  a  whole.  .  .  . 

“Friends,  we  read  now  and  then  prophecies  of  woe 
about  the  churches  in  the  future,  complaints  as  to  con¬ 
gregations  growing  smaller,  complaints  as  to  lack  of  belief 
among  the  congregations.  There  will  be  no  trouble 
about  the  future  of  any  American  church  if  that  church 
makes  as  its  cardinal  principle  the  rendering  of  service 
to  the  people. 

“No  church  in  the  United  States  will  ever  have  to 
defend  itself  as  long  as  those  standing  highest  in  that 
church,  as  well  as  those  under  them,  serve  the  people, 
devote  their  lives  to  the  service  of  the  men  and  women 
round  about  them,  as  you,  Cardinal  Gibbons,  have  de¬ 
voted  your  life  to  the  service  of  your  fellow-country¬ 
men  and  countrywomen.  .  .  . 

“If  the  church  renders  good  service  and  if  the  man 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  191 


rings  true  when  we  apply  the  touchstone  of  principle 
to  his  conduct  and  his  character,  then  the  American 
people  will  be  well  content  with  both  church  and  man. 
And  my  fellow-countrymen,  in  spite  of  all  the  little 
things  that  divide  us,  think  how  blessed  we  are  because 
we  are  united  on  an  occasion  like  this,  without  regard  to 
past  history  and  antecedents,  without  regard  to  differ¬ 
ences  of  religious  or  political  belief,  to  honor  a  good 
man,  who  in  and  through  his  church  and  as  a  citizen 
of  this  country  has  lived  the  life  that  a  good  man 
should.  .  .  . 

“And,  friends,  religious  intolerance  and  bitterness  are 
bad  enough  in  any  country,  but  they  are  inexcusable  in 
ours.  Our  republic,  mighty  in  its  youth,  destined  to 
endure  for  ages,  will  see  many  Presidents  during  those 
ages,  and  it  will  see  Presidents  who  are  Catholics  as  well 
as  Presidents  who  are  Protestants — if  we  live  long 
enough,  Presidents  who  are  Jews,  as  well  as  Presidents 
who  are  Gentiles.  .  .  . 

“The  Cardinal  has  throughout  his  life  devoted  himself 
to  the  service  of  the  American  people.  He  has  endeav¬ 
ored  to  work  and  he  has  worked  steadily  in  the  uplift¬ 
ing  of  the  lowly ;  he  has  worked  steadily  to  bring  nearer 
the  day  when  we  should  approximate  better  to  the  rule 
of  justice  and  fair  dealing  as  between  man  and  man.  His 
voice  has  ever  been  raised  on  behalf  of  the  weak  and 
the  downtrodden ;  his  hand  ever  stretched  out  toward 
those  who  may  have  slipped,  toward  all  who  are  in  suffer¬ 
ing,  who  have  suffered  loss  or  were  suffering  pain. 

“He  has  fought  for  the  rights  of  the  lowly,  he  has 
done  all  that  he  might  to  bring  nearer  the  day  when 
there  should  be  a  more  complete  reign  of  justice  in  this 


192  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


land,  and  he  has  shown  by  his  life  his  realization  of  the 
truth  that  justice  can  come  only  through  law  and  order; 
that  disorder  and  lawlessness  are  the  negation  of  justice 
and  in  the  end  deal  most  severely  against  the  poor  and 
the  lowly.  He  has  set  an  example  to  all  of  us  in  public 
and  in  private  life,  both  by  that  for  which  he  has  striven 
and  in  the  way  in  which  he  has  striven  to  achieve  it.  .  .  . 

“I  am  honored — we  are  all  honored — that  the  oppor¬ 
tunity  has  come  to-day  to  pay  a  tribute  to  what  is  high¬ 
est  and  best  in  American  citizenship  when  we  meet  to 
celebrate  this  occasion — Cardinal  Gibbons.” 

U.  S.  Senator  Root,  Former  Secretary  of  State — 
The  Catholic  Church  a  Bulwark  Against 
Anarchy — The  Cardinal  a  Model 
for  American  Youth. 

Senator  Elihu  Root,  of  New  York,  spoke  as  follows : 

“Mr.  Chairman,  Mr.  President,  Your  Eminence,  Ladies 
and  Gentlemen: 

“It  is  a  privilege  to  be  permitted  to  add  a  few  words 
to  the  tribute  which  Baltimore  and  Maryland  and  the 
country  are  paying  to  Cardinal  Gibbons  to-day.  Words, 
however  eloquent,  are  but  feeble  in  expressing  the  mean¬ 
ing  of  such  an  assemblage  as  this.  The  fact  that  not 
only  the  friends  and  neighbors  of  Baltimore  are  gathered 
here,  but  that  these  representatives  of  all  parts  of  our 
country,  many  of  them — a  large  part  of  them — of  differ¬ 
ent  religious  beliefs,  many  of  them  representing  com¬ 
munities  widely  differing  in  their  religious  faith,  have 
come  to  join  in  this  expression  of  respect  and  reverence 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  193 


for  the  great  prelate,  shows  more  than  words  can  show 
the  deep  significance  of  this  occasion. 

“Your  Eminence,  and  my  friends  of  Baltimore,  the 
gathering  here  means  more  than  personal  opinion  or  feel¬ 
ing  that  America  can  do  what  was  impossible  in  lands 
less  free  and  ages  less  trained  in  humanity.  It  means 
that  our  American  doctrine  of  separation  of  church  and 
States  does  not  involve  the  separation  of  the  people  of 
America  from  religious  belief.  It  means  that  our  Amer¬ 
ican  doctrine  of  religious  toleration  does  not  mean  in¬ 
difference  to  religious  faith.  It  means  that  with  all  our 
commercialism,  with  all  our  wonderful  progress  in  the 
power  to  produce  wealth,  in  all  our  differences  between 
ourselves  as  to  the  possession  and  distribution  of  wealth, 
the  people  of  America  believe  in  ideals  and  feel  the 
guidance  of  faith  in  things  higher  than  their  material 
possessions. 

“It  is  because  Cardinal  Gibbons  in  his  right  con¬ 
duct,  in  his  arduous  labors,  in  his  self-devotion 
to  all  good  causes,  has  illustrated  all  that  we  would 
like  to  have  our  children  admire  and  follow,  all 
that  we  love  to  believe  our  country  possesses,  that 
America,  through  us,  with  sincerity  and  ardor,  honors 
him  to-day.  And  it  is  because  he  has  been  the  champion 
of  ideals,  because  he  is  a  man  not  only  of  work  but  of 
faith,  that  we  who  differ  from  him  in  dogma,  who  do  not 
belong  to  his  church,  hold  him  in  his  proper  person  illus¬ 
trating  the  true  union  of  service  to  State  and  service  to 
God,  the  true  union  which  makes  the  functional  and  cere¬ 
monial  union  of  church  and  state  unnecessary,  the  union 
in  the  heart  of  man  of  devotion  to  country  and  devotion 
to  God. 


194  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 

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“It  is  because  he  is  both  a  great  prelate  and  a  great 
citizen,  because  under  his  guidance  his  church,  his  people 
and  his  followers  have  always  stood,  and  now  stand,  a 
bulwark  against  atheism  and  anarchy,  against  the  tearing 
down  of  those  principles  of  morality  and  of  government 
upon  which  the  opportunities  of  our  country  depend.” 

James  Bryce,  Ambassador  from  Great  Britain, 
Thrilled  by  Sight  of  Representatives  of 
Vast  Nation  Meeting  to  Honor 
Distinguished  Churchman 

Mr.  Bryce  said: 

“Your  Eminence ,  Mr.  President,  Mr.  Governor,  Gentle¬ 
men,  Citizens  of  Baltimore  and  Maryland,  Ladies: 

“I  had  not  the  slightest  idea,  ladies  and  gentlemen, 
until  this  very  moment,  when  your  Governor  called  upon 
me,  that  I  was  expected  to  say  a  single  word  to  this 
assembly,  and  nothing  that  I  can  say  can  add  anything 
to  what  has  been  said  already  by  the  distinguished  men 
who  have  addressed  you. 

“But  perhaps  I  am  called  upon  in  order  that  an  echo 
of  those  words  may  reach  you  from  the  other  side  of 
the  Atlantic,  and  that  what  has  been  said  so  worthily 
with  regard  to  the  merits  and  virtues  of  the  illustrious 
prelate  whom  we  are  met  to  honor  should  be  said  by  a 
European,  who  comes  from  the  country  from  which  the 
ancestors  of  His  Eminence  came  here. 

“You  may  be  sure  that  among  the  people  of  England, 
and  especially  among  the  Catholics  of  England  and  Ire¬ 
land  and  Scotland — I  might  especially  single  out  Ireland 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  195 


— there  is  the  warmest  sympathy  with  the  honor  which 
you  are  paying  to-day  to  one  of  your  most  illustrious 
churchmen  and  citizens. 

“There  are  two  thoughts  which  occur  to  me.  One  of 
them  that  it  is  a  beautiful  and  inspiring  sight  when  a 
vast  community,  when  the  representatives  of  a  vast  na¬ 
tion,  come  together  to  pay  honor  to  one  who  has  lived 
in  the  sight  of  his  countrymen  in  the  full  blaze  of  pub¬ 
licity,  in  the  discharge  of  honorable,  difficult  and  labor¬ 
ious  functions,  a  life  free  from  spot  and  blame,  a  life 
which  is  honorable  alike  to  his  country  and  to  himself. 

“May  I  extend  to  you,  Your  Eminence,  my  most  sin¬ 
cere  congratulations  upon  this  happy  day,  my  congratu¬ 
lations  on  the  respect  and  tribute  of  affection  which  is 
paid  to  you  by  all  of  your  fellow-citizens  and  the  regard 
they  entertain  of  your  splendid  services  to  the  church  and 
to  the  Commonwealth  ? 

“And  the  other  thought  that  comes  to  me  is  this :  Is 
it  not  a  beautiful  sight  when  we  think  of  those  ages  of 
the  past  in  which  those  of  us  who  do  not  belong  to  the 
church  which  his  Eminence  represents,  and  those  of  us 
who  do  belong  to  that  church,  were  divided  by  bitter  an¬ 
tagonisms  and  mutual  suspicions — is  it  not  a  blessed 
thing  that  to-day  we  can  all  meet  without  distinction  of 
religious  faith  to  pay  honor  to  one  who  illustrates  the 
fundamental  principles  of  Christianity  by  his  life  as  well 
as  by  his  teachings? 

“There  are  diversities  of  governments,  but  the  same 
spirit,  and  in  his  Eminence  and  in  his  life  there  is  drawn 
out  a  beautiful  model  and  example  of  those  virtues  which 
belong  to  our  common  Christianity  and  which  we  can  all 
honor  alike. 


196  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


“And  I  may  say  to  you,  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
that  if  there  is  anything  which  we  in  Europe  specially 
honor  and  admire  in  the  great  republic  which  belongs  to 
you,  it  is  this — that  you  have  carried  out  consistently 
from  the  first  that  admirable  principle  with  which  you 
started,  of  making  no  distinction  of  religion  and  by  teach¬ 
ing  all  men  that  their  Christianity  is  a  part  of  common 
citizenship.  That  is  a  great  lesson  which  has  been  taught 
to  the  world  by  America,  and  I  do  not  think  it  could  be 
taught  in  a  more  impressive  form  or  shape  than  it  is 
taught  when  all  religious  faiths  may  gather  to  honor  an 
illustrious  prelate  of  the  Catholic  Church: ” 

;■  Speaker  Clark 

The  Hon.  Champ  Clark,  speaker  of  the  House  of  Rep¬ 
resentatives,  said  in  part: 

“I  cannot  hope  to  pay  a  higher  compliment  to  the 
distinguished  man  whom  we  honor  on  this  occasion  than 
has  been  paid  by  the  President,  the  ex-President,  the 
Vice-President,  the  Ambassador  from  Great  Britain  and 
the  Senator  from  New  York. 

“Fifty  years  in  the  life  of  an  individual  are  the  major 
portion  of  it,  nearly  the  entire  portion.  Very  few  men 
of  this  life  are  so  happy  as  to  pursue  one  profession  or 
business  or  vocation  to  the  entire  course  of  a  half-cen¬ 
tury.  James  Cardinal  Gibbons,  whom  we  have  met  here 
to-day  to  congratulate  and  to  honor,  is  one  of  the  rare 
men  who  have  accomplished  that  feat.  No  man  ever 
served  as  long  in  either  branch  of  Congress  or  in  both 
branches  put  together  as  Cardinal  Gibbons  has  served 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  197 


in  the  priesthood  of  his  church.  No  man  of  the  Supreme 
Bench  of  the  United  States  has  served  as  a  judge  as  long 
as  Cardinal  Gibbons  has  served  as  a  priest  of  his  church. 

“Only  one  United  States  judge  in  the  country  has  lived 
as  many  years  as  has  Cardinal  Gibbons.  Only  one  of¬ 
ficer  in  the  navy  of  the  United  States  has  served  as  long 
as  Cardinal  Gibbons  has  served  his  church.  No  officer  in 
the  army  of  the  United  States  has  served  so  long.  .  .  . 

“Cardinal  Gibbons  is  a  great  prelate  in  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church.  Fifteen  millions  of  his  churchmen  live 
in  the  United  States,  but  that  is  not  the  reason  chiefly 
why  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  great  citizens  of  the 
republic.  It  is  because  he  has  lived  a  Godly  life,  that  he 
has  been  a  potent  influence  for  good  all  through  the 
borders  of  this  republic  among  both  Catholics  and  Re¬ 
publicans.” 

Mr.  Clark  here  saw  that  he  had  been  guilty  of  a  slip 
of  the  tongue  in  saying  “Catholics  and  Republicans,”  and 
hastened  to  explain.  Continuing,  he  said : 

“Cardinal  Gibbons  stands  here  to-day  honored  by  the 
entire  American  people,  without  respect  to  politics  or  re¬ 
ligion  or  geographical  lines.  Among  the  men  that  have 
met  here  to  do  him  honor,  I  live  farther  from  this 
town  than  any  other  man  here  except  the  Ambassador 
from  Great  Britain;  and  the  Cardinal’s  words  are  quoted 
as  often,  his  influence  is  as  great,  the  affection  for  him 
is  as  strong,  west  of  the  great  river  as  it  is  in  the  city  of 
Baltimore.  And  it  might  add  to  the  enjoyment  of  this 
occasion  to  say  to  your  Eminence  from  the  bottom  of 
my  heart  I  wish  you  peace,  plenty,  prosperity,  happiness 
and  length  of  days.” 


198  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


Ex-Speaker  Cannon  Lauds  the  Churchman  and 

Citizen 

Congressman  Joseph  G.  Cannon,  former  Speaker  of 
the  House,  in  paying  tribute  to  Cardinal  Gibbons,  said : 

“Holding  you  in  that  high  esteem  which  I  think  is 
shared  by  all  your  fellow-citizens  who  are  familiar  with 
your  exalted  character  as  churchman  and  citizen,  I  am 
glad  to  be  in  Baltimore  to-day  to  extend  to  you  in  per¬ 
son  my  congratulations  on  your  fiftieth  anniversary  as 
priest  and  your  twenty-fifth  anniversary  as  Cardinal. 

“During  the  long  period  of  your  priesthood  and  car- 
dinalate  the  world,  and  particularly  our  own  country,  has 
made  great  strides  in  development  and  material  improve¬ 
ment,  and  I  may  say  that  in  my  opinion  religion  and 
morality  have  led  in  the  general  progress. 

“In  spite  of  the  chronicles  of  crime  with  which  we  are 
regaled  each  morning  at  the  breakfast  table  and  which 
appear  to  be  more  numerous  than  formerly  because  of 
increase  in  population,  wider  publicity  and  more  material 
means  of  communication,  I  believe  that  the  normal  life 
of  the  nation,  about  which  we  read  so  little  because  it  is 
devoid  of  the  sensational  and  spectacular,  is  on  a  higher 
plane,  and  individual  honesty  and  clean  living  are  exem¬ 
plified  to  a  greater  extent  to-day  than  ever  before. 

“In  bringing  about  this  result  you  have  contributed 
your  full  share.  As  churchman  and  citizen  you  have 
been  one  of  the  most  potent  factors  in  advancing  the 
cause  of  good  government  and  in  promoting  morality 
and  adherence  to  high  ideals,  and  you  have  carried  the 
respect  and  regard  of  your  fellow-man,  irrespective  of 
religious  belief. 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  199 


“So  I  tender  to  you  my  hearty  congratulations  and 
express  the  sincere  wish  that  there  may  be  unfolded  be¬ 
fore  you  many  more  years  of  wise  leadership  and  use¬ 
fulness.  .  .  .  We  boast  and  are  proud  of  the  fact 

that  our  civilization  in  America,  and  I  may  say  in  what 
we  call  the  civilized  world,  rests  upon  the  teachings  of 
the  Master,  and  as  the  world  grows  older,  under  those 
teachings  proscription  and  persecution  disappear.  In 
the  United  States  no  man  lives  that  has  led  in  doing 
more  to  bring  men  together  under  the  influence  of  a  broad 
catholic  spirit  in  religion,  in  politics,  than  yourself. 

“As  a  member  of  no  church  organization,  one  of  the 
outsiders,  so  far  as  church  membership  is  concerned,  I 
tender  to  you  my  thanks  for  the  great  work  that  you  have 
led  in  doing  and  for  the  great  work  that  is  being  done, 
not  only  in  the  great  republic,  but  in  all  the  world,  by 
those  who  by  precept  and  example  live  under  and  teach 
under,  with  a  broad  catholic  spirit,  the  precepts  of  the 
Master.” 


Governor  Crothers’  Welcome 

Introduced  by  Mr.  Murray  Vandiver,  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee,  Governor  Crothers,  as  presiding  of¬ 
ficer  at  the  celebration,  said : 

“Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

“I  desire  to  extend,  on  behalf  of  the  people  of  this 
Commonwealth,  a  most  cordial  welcome  to  the  distin¬ 
guished  visitors  and  guests  who  have  honored  us  by 
their  presence  and  by  their  participation  in  these  cere¬ 
monies. 

“This  occasion  is  typically  representative  of  the  State 


200  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


of  Maryland.  It  is  a  gathering  embracing  all  religious 
denominations  and  sects,  without  distinction  or  excep¬ 
tion,  assembled  to  do  honor  to  a  great  standard-bearer  of 
religion,  who  represents  the  highest  purposes  of  church, 
state  and  society.  I  think  I  may  be  pardoned  when  I 
venture  the  thought  that  the  metropolis  of  Maryland  is 
peculiarly  appropriate  for  the  just  and  gratifying  cele¬ 
bration  which  brings  us  here  to-day. 

“While  we  have  assembled  to  honor,  as  with  one  heart, 
a  distinguished  ecclesiastic,  an  incomparable  citizen  and 
a  great  and  good  man,  the  occasion  is,  in  my  mind,  still 
more  significant  as  a  spontaneous  union  of  men  and 
women  holding  every  religious  and  political  opinion  to 
tender  the  token  of  their  esteem  and  affection  to  the  head 
in  America  of  a  great  church,  which  has  now  endured 
almost  two  thousand  years,  and  whose  influence  is  as 
wide  as  civilization  itself. 

“This  is  indeed  an  event  illustrative  of  the  oldest  and 
best  traditions  of  this  State.  Maryland  was  founded 
and  was  the  first  organized  political  society  in  the  world 
founded  upon  the  distinct,  unqualified  principle  of  re¬ 
ligious  liberty  and  .toleration. 

“It  was  contemporaneous  with  the  landing  of  the  Ark 
and  Dove  at  the  village  of  St.  Mary’s  that  liberty  of 
conscience  and  freedom  of  worship  were  planted  as  the 
very  germ  and  seed  of  the  State.  This  celebration  is 
the  latest  fruition  of  that  seed,  and  the  true  spirit  of  the 
people  of  Maryland  could  find  no  finer  or  more  fit  ex¬ 
pression  than  in  this  union  of  all  denominations  and  re¬ 
ligions  to  do  honor  to  the  great  Cardinal  whose  person¬ 
ality,  attainments  and  career  have  brought  such  splendid 
illustration  and  deserved  renown  in  this  State.  .  .  . 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  201 


“We  salute  you,  your  Eminence,  Cardinal  Gibbons, 
as  a  torch-bearer  in  our  midst  of  religion,  justice  and 
patriotism.  We  acknowledge  and  celebrate  before  the 
country  and  the  world  your  lofty  devotion  to  religious 
faith  and  purposes,  your  unfailing  and  ceaseless  activities 
in  behalf  of  this  State  and  Union  and  of  all  the  spiritual 
and  material  interests,  your  encouragement  and  help  in 
all  good  aspirations,  your  wise  and  beneficent  counsels 
in  times  of  difficulty  and  doubt,  your  elevating  influence 
upon  all  the  movements  and  concerns  of  this,  your  own 
native  land. 

“I  may  add  that  it  is  no  small  part  of  the  great  ser¬ 
vices  which  you  have  rendered  the  people  of  Maryland 
that  you  have  maintained  under  all  circumstances  the 
original  principle  implanted  here  by  the  Calverts  of 
justice,  benevolence  and  toleration  to  all  of  her 
citizens.  .  .  . 

“We  of  Maryland  may  well  congratulate  you  most 
heartily  upon  this  day,  the  advent  of  the  fiftieth  anni¬ 
versary  of  your  ordination  in  the  priesthood,  and  of  the 
completion  of  the  twenty-fifth  year  of  your  cardinalate. 

“The  State  of  Maryland  tenders  you  its  warmest  and 
deepest  felicitations  and  most  earnestly  wishes  you  many 
more  years  of  life  and  happiness,  and  with  these  senti¬ 
ments  it  mingles  the  united  prayer  of  its  whole  people, 
that  a  kind  Providence  may  spare  and  guide  you  to  con¬ 
tinue  your  career  of  noble  and  useful  works  as  honored, 
loved  and  venerated  leader  in  their  midst.” 

Mayor  Preston — In  the  Name  of  Baltimore. 

Mayor  Preston’s  speech  at  the  reception  to  the  Cardi¬ 
nal  was  as  follows : 


202  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


“In  the  name  of  the  city  and  on  behalf  of  the  people 
of  Baltimore  it  is  my  great  pleasure  to  welcome  the  dis¬ 
tinguished  visitors  who  honor  us  with  their  presence 
upon  this  occasion. 

“The  President  of  the  United  States  has  laid  aside 
the  cares  of  his  exalted  station;  the  Chief  Justice  of  the 
greatest  court  on  earth  has  taken  time  from  the  duties 
of  his  high  position;  the  distinguished  ex-President  of 
our  country  has  interrupted  his  busy  life,  and  with  many 
other  distinguished  visitors  and  this  vast  concourse  of 
the  people  of  Maryland  have  met  to  do  honor  to  an 
illustrious  citizen  and  eminent  churchman,  James  Cardi¬ 
nal  Gibbons. 

“The  occasion  of  this  splendid  tribute  is  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  his  labors  as  a  priest  and  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  his  elevation  to  the  office  of  cardinal. 
The  greatest  significance  of  this  tribute  lies,  not  in  the 
numbers  assembled  nor  in  the  fact  that  the  gathering 
comprises  men  of  the  highest  rank,  but  in  the  fact  that 
it  comprises  men  of  all  parties  and  of  all  branches  of  the 
Christian  faith. 

“That  zealous  Protestants  should  be  among  the  leaders 
in  this  movement  to  honor  a  prince  of  the  Catholic 
Church  is  not  entirely  explained  by  the  exalted  character 
and  useful  life  of  Cardinal  Gibbons,  but  indicates  the 
growth  of  the  spirit  of  peace  and  brotherly  love  between 
the  various  denominations  which  foretells,  perhaps,  the 
coming  of  the  day  when  all  Christians  may  meet  upon 
some  common  ground  and  there  shall  be  ‘one  Lord,  one 
faith,  one  baptism.’ 

“As  a  member  of  the  College  of  Cardinals,  the  man 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  203 


whom  we  delight  to  honor,  occupies  an  exalted  position 
in  his  church,  next  in  station  to  the  Pope.  Being  the 
only  cardinal  in  the  United  States,  he  outranks,  per¬ 
haps,  all  the  cardinals  in  the  extent  of  territory  and  the 
number  of  Catholics  within  his  jurisdiction. 

“His  rank,  therefore,  deserves  our  respect,  but  if  he 
had  not  been  created  a  cardinal,  if  he  were  still  a  priest, 
he  would  yet  be  entitled  to  this  honor  as  a  tribute  to  fifty 
years  of  useful  and  distinguished  services  to  humanity : 
ministering  to  the  sick,  lifting  the  fallen,  comforting 
those  who  mourn,  reproving  evil  and  preaching 
righteousness  and  powerfully  expounding  and  defend¬ 
ing  the  doctrines  of  his  church  by  sermons,  interviews, 
treatises  and  in  his  famous  book  ‘The  Faith  of  Our 
Fathers.’  As  citizen,  as  preacher,  minister  and  author 
his  life  has  been  one  of  such  usefulness  and  distinction 
as  makes  him  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  our 
country. 

“As  Baltimoreans  we  are  proud  that  the  man  who  is 
thus  honored  and  entitled  to  be  honored  is  a  citizen  and 
resident  of  our  city.  In  the  name  of  our  city  and  of  this 
vast  assemblage  of  distinguished  guests  and  home  peo¬ 
ple  I  respectfully  felicitate  Cardinal  Gibbons  upon  this 
recognition  by  his  fellow-citizens  of  his  life  and  labors, 
and  I  desire  again  to  express  the  appreciation  of  the 
people  of  this  city  for  the  presence  of  the  eminent  guests 
who  are  assisting  us  in  doing  this  honor  to  this  great 
citizen  of  Baltimore.” 


204  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


His  Eminence,  James  Cardinal  Gibbons. 

Cardinal  Gibbons’  address  was  as  follows : 

“Mr.  President ,  Mr.  Chairman ,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

“ I  am  filled  with  emotions  of  gratitude  by  this  extraor¬ 
dinary  manifestation  on  the  part  of  my  fellow-citizens, 
without  distinction  of  race  or  religion  or  condition  of 
life,  and  I  am  overwhelmed  with  confusion  by  the  un¬ 
merited  encomiums  which  have  been  pronounced  by  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  the  Vice-President,  the 
former  President,  the  British  Ambassador,  the 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  Senator 
Root,  the  Governor  of  Maryland  and  the  Mayor  of 
Baltimore. 

“Gentlemen,  you  have  portrayed  your  subject  not,  I 
fear,  as  he  is,  but  as  he  should  be.  But  your  portrait  is 
so  attractive  that  it  shall  be  my  endeavor  to  resemble 
it  more  and  more  every  day  of  the  few  years  that  re¬ 
main  to  me.  One  merit  only  can  I  truly  claim  regard¬ 
ing  my  civic  life,  and  that  is,  an  ardent  love  for  my 
native  country  and  her  political  institutions.  Ever  since 
I  entered  the  sacred  ministry  my  aim  has  been  to  make 
those  over  whom  I  exerted  any  influence,  not  only  more 
upright  Christians,  but  also  more  loyal  citizens.  For 
the  most  faithful  Christian  makes  the  best  citizen. 

“I  consider  the  Republic  of  the  United  States  one  of 
the  most  precious  heirlooms  ever  bestowed  on  mankind 
down  the  ages,  and  that  it  is  the  duty  and  should  be  the 
delight  of  every  citizen  to  strengthen  and  perpetuate 
our  Government  by  the  observance  of  its  laws  and  by 
the  integrity  of  his  private  life.  ‘Righteousness,’  says 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  205 


the  Book  of  Proverbs,  ‘exalteth  a  nation,  but  sin  is  a 
reproach  to  the  people.’ 

“If  our  Government  is  destined  to  be  enduring  it  must 
rest  on  the  eternal  principles  of  justice,  truth  and 
righteousness,  and  these  principles  must  have  for  their 
sanction  the  recognition  of  a  Supreme  Being,  who  created 
all  things  by  His  power,  who  governs  them  by  His 
wisdom  and  whose  superintending  Providence  watches 
over  the  affairs  of  nations  and  of  men. 

“When  the  framers  of  our  immortal  Constitution 
were  in  session,  Benjamin  Franklin  complained  to  his 
colleagues  of  the  small  progress  they  had  made  after 
several  weeks  of  deliberation.  He  used  these  memorable 
words :  ‘We  have  spent  many  days  in  fruitless  discus¬ 
sion.  We  have  been  groping  in  the  dark  because  we 
have  not  sought  light  from  the  Father  of  Light  to 
illumine  our  understanding.  I  have  lived,’  he  continued, 
‘for  many  years,  and  the  longer  I  live  the  more  con¬ 
vincing  proofs  I  have  that  God  governs  the  affairs  of 
men.  And  if  a  sparrow  cannot  fall  to  the  ground  with¬ 
out  His  notice,  is  it  probable  that  an  empire  can  rise 
without  His  aid  and  co-operation?  We  are  told  in  the 
same  sacred  writings  that  unless  the  Lord  build  the 
house,  he  laboreth  in  vain  who  buildeth  it.’ 

“Thank  God,  the  words  of  Franklin  did  not  fall  on 
barren  soil.  They  have  borne  fruit.  Our  Governtnent 
from  its  dawn  to  the  present  time  has  been  guided  by 
Christian  ideals.  It  has  recognized  the  existence  of  a 
superintending  Providence.  This  is  evident  from  the 
fact  that  our  Presidents,  from  George  Washington  to 
William  Howard  Taft,  have  almost  invariably  invoked 
the  aid  of  our  heavenly  Father  in  their  inaugural  proc- 


206  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


lamations.  Both  Houses  of  Congress  are  opened  with 
prayer.  The  Christian  Sabbath  is  recognized  and  ob¬ 
served  throughout  the  land.  The  President  of  the 
United  States  issues  an  annual  proclamation,  inviting  his 
fellow-citizens  to  assemble  in  their  respective  houses  of 
worship  and  thank  the  Almighty  for  the  blessings 
vouchsafed  to  us  as  a  nation. 

“It  is  true,  indeed,  that  there  is  no  official  union  of 
church  and  state  in  this  country.  But  we  must  not 
infer  from  this  that  there  is  any  antagonism  between  the 
civil  and  religious  authorities.  Far  from  it,  church  and 
state  move  on  parallel  lines.  They  mutually  assist  one 
another.  The  state  holds  over  the  spiritual  rulers  the 
segis  of  its  protection  without  interfering  with  the 
sacred  and  God-given  rights  of  conscience.  And  the 
church  on  her  part  helps  to  enforce  the  civil  laws  by 
moral  and  religious  sanction. 

“I  fear  that  we  do  not  fully  realize  and  are  not  duly 
grateful  for  the  anxious  cares  by  which  our  Chief 
Magistrate  and  the  heads  of  the  co-ordinate  branches  of 
the  Government  are  preoccupied  in  the  discharge  of  their 
official  duties.  And  these  cares  are  the  price  which  is 
paid  for  our  domestic  peace  and  comfort  and  the  tran¬ 
quillity  of  the  commonwealth.  When  the  traveler  in  mid- 
ocean  is  buffeted  by  the  waves  he  feels  a  sense  of 
security,  because  he  knows  that  the  captain  and  his 
officers  are  at  the  post  of  duty.  So  do  we  securely  rest 
on  our  pillows,  because  we  are  conscious  that  our  great 
captain  and  his  associates  in  office  are  diligently  steering 
the  Ship  of  State. 

“It  is  the  duty  of  us  all,  churchmen  and  laymen,  to 
hold  up  the  hands  of  our  President,  as  Aaron  and  Hur 


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NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  207 


stayed  up  the  hands  of  Moses.  Let  us  remember  that 
our  Chief  Executive  and  all  subordinate  magistrates  are 
the  accredited  agents  and  ministers  of  God,  and  are 
clothed  with  divine  authority,  and  therefore  it  is  our 
duty  and  should  be  our  delight  to  aid  them  by  every 
means  in  our  power  in  guiding  and  controlling  the  des¬ 
tiny  of  our  glorious  republic/’ 


Editorial  Comments. 

{From' the  New  York  World). 

“More  than  to  the  great  prelate,  the  civic  celebration 
at  Baltimore  in  honor  of  Cardinal  Gibbons  was  a  tribute 
to  the  great  citizen.  In  the  quarter  of  a  century  since 
he  was  raised  to  the  cardinalate,  by  force  of  personal 
character  and  individual  powers  of  leadership  he  has 
exercised  an  influence  far  wider  than  his  exalted  reli¬ 
gious  office  of  itself  would  command.  Without  ever 
ceasing  to  be  the  churchman,  his  life  has  been  dominated 
by  a  broad  Americanism. 

“The  moral  influence  of  one  such  man  upon  his  times 
is  never  to  be  measured.  It  is  brought  into  play  in  so 
many  ways  and  on  so  many  occasions  that  it  is  rarely 
perceptible  as  a  separate  force. 

“In  speaking  of  Cardinal  Gibbons  as  a  great  citizen 
and  patriot  it  is  not  necessary  to  identify  his  name  with 
some  one  of  the  reforms  or  principles  he  has  upheld. 
Of  these  there  are  many,  but  the  debt  that  the  country 
owes  him  is  that  in  a  vigorous,  yet  tolerant  way,  he  has 


208  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


insisted  upon  the  duties  of  citizenshp  as  the  paramount 
obligation  of  all  alike,  and  has  made  the  moral  ideas  of 
the  church  coincide  with  the  practical  ends  of  democratic 
government.” 


{From  the  Boston  Journal). 

“To-day’s  tribute  to  Cardinal  Gibbons  is  to  be  as 
broad  as  the  country  itself,  and  as  democratic  and  diver¬ 
sified.  For  it  is  to  be  a  testimonial  to  a  man  who  since 
his  ordination  as  a  priest,  fifty  years  ago,  and  especially 
since  his  elevation  to  the  only  cardinalate  of  which  the 
United  States  at  present  can  boast,  has  been  an  example 
of  duty  zealously,  ably  and  unselfishly  done  on  behalf 
of  his  fellow-men.  Honors  fall  upon  men  like  the 
American  cardinal,  not  accidentally,  but  by  reason  of 
that  sterling  power  which,  whatever  the  walk  of  life 
may  be,  makes  itself  felt  above  and  beyond  all  mean 
and  unworthy  influences.  Such  a  power  is  the  outward 
sign  of  inward  grace.  It  would  have  remained  with 
the  accomplished  priest  even  if  he  had  never  been  raised 
to  the  highest  office  within  the  gift  of  the  Vatican;  but 
naturally  in  the  Cardinal  it  is  more  influential  than  it 
would  ordinarily  be  in  the  priest. 

“Cardinal  Gibbons  is  a  power  for  good  in  the  nation, 
and  therefore  it  is  only  right  that  the  President  and 
other  national  representatives  should  meet  to  testify  to 
the  immense  value  of  his  services  as  a  champion  of 
everything  that  makes  for  domestic  virtue  and  civic 
righteousness.” 


NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE.  209 


{From  the  Baltimore  Sun). 

“The  President  of  the  United  States,  the  only  living 
ex-President,  many  members  of  Congress,  officials  of 
the  State  and  city,  bishops  and  the  clergy  of  other 
denominations — men  of  every  class,  profession,  trade 
and  creed — joined  yesterday  in  the  public  expression 
of  their  esteem  for  Cardinal  Gibbons  as  a  Baltimorean, 
a  Marylander  and  an  American.  Such  a  tribute  is  as 
rare  as  it  impressive,  and  it  could  be  called  forth  only 
by  one  whose  life  and  energies  have  been  devoted  to 
the  cause  of  humanity.  Though  he  has  been  ever  loyal 
to  his  church  and  its  institutions  and  has  furthered  its 
interests  continually,  the  Cardinal’s  influence  for  good 
has  been  exercised  in  a  much  wider  field.  He  has  been 
devoted  to  his  home  city  and  his  State.  He  has  taken 
a  deep  personal  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  nation,  has 
upheld  its  institutions,  has  been  foremost  in  movements 
for  civic  and  social  improvement,  ever  ready  to  de¬ 
nounce  the  wrong  and  uphold  the  right — a  model  citizen 
and  great  American. 

“His  broad-minded  charity,  that  embraces  men  of 
every  faith  and  calling;  his  recognition  of  the  prin¬ 
ciple  of  religious  liberty  that  is  the  protection  of  all 
churches  in  our  country  and  his  wise  counsel  have  been 
of  incalculable  value.  Though  conservative  and  cau¬ 
tious,  he  has  been  at  the  same  time  distinctively  pro¬ 
gressive.  Even  into  the  evening  of  life  he  retains  the 
freshness  of  interest,  the  open  view  of  a  man  in  the 
flush  of  youth.  The  years  have  passed  lightly  over  his 
head,  and  his  mind  is  as  active  and  alert  as  it  was  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago,  when  the  Pope  recognized 


210  NATION  HONORS  HIS  EMINENCE. 


his  extraordinary  ability  and  conferred  upon  him  the 
red  hat  of  the  cardinal. 

“The  great  meeting  at  the  Fifth  Regiment  Armory, 
embracing  hundreds  of  eminent  men  and  women  from 
other  cities  and  States  and  thousands  of  Baltimoreans, 
was  the  sincere  expression  of  the  esteem  which  his 
fellow-citizens  feel  for  the  Cardinal  as  an  American. 
He  received  this  tribute  in  the  same  spirit  in  which  it 
was-  tendered,  with  sincere  appreciation  and  a  simple 
response  that  came  from  the  heart.  As  the  Boston 
Journal  remarks,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  San 
Francisco,  St.  Louis — every  city  would  like  to  tender 
him  a  tribute  if  his  strength  and  time  would  permit, 
as  all  hold  him  in  affectionate  regard.  So  that  the 
meeting  in  Baltimore  voiced  the  appreciation  of  his  life 
and  services  that  the  whole  country  feels  and  delights 
to  express.” 


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